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The  Book  of  Good  Cheer 


“A  Little  Bundle  of  Cheery  Thoughts' ’ 


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THE  ONE  WHO  HAS  LOST 
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THE  BOOK  OF 

GOOD  CHEER 

"A  LITTLE  BUNDLE  OF  CHEERY  THOUGHTS” 

EDITED  BY 

EDWIN  OJGOOD  GROVER 


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The  Book  of  Good  Cheer 

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GOOD  CHEER  is  contagious.  It  is  an  outward  expres- 
sion of  an  inward  faith  that 

“God’s  in  his  Heaven, 

All’s  right  with  the  world!” 

The  man  who  radiates  good  cheer,  who  makes  life  happier 
wherever  he  meets  it,  is  always  a man  of  vision  and  of  faith. 
He  sees  the  blossoming  flower  in  the  tiny  seed,  the  silver 
lining  to  every  cloud,  and  a beautiful  to-morrow  in  the  darkest 
to-day. 

Good  cheer  is  something  more  than  faith  in  the  future,  it 
is  gratitude  for  the  past  and  joy  in  the  present.  Life  for  all 
of  us  has  its  hardships  and  disappointments.  It  is  out  of 
such  stuff  as  this  that  human  character  is  made.  But  after 
all  this  world  is  a pretty  good  place  and  we  at  least  owe  each 
other  the  courtesy  of  a smiling  face  and  the  inspiration  of  a 
cheery  word. 

To  go  about  our  work  with  pleasure,  to  greet  others  with 
a word  of  encouragement,  to  be  happy  in  the  present  and 
confident  of  the  future,  this  is  to  have  achieved  some  measure 
of  success  in  living. 

This  “Little  Bundle  of  Cheery  Thoughts”  has  been 
gathered  through  long  years  of  joyous  search  for  the  right 
word  fitly  spoken.  They  come  from  some  of  the  wisest  men 
of  all  time  and  ought  to  be  perpetual  inspiration  to  us  all. 

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THE  GOSPEL  OP  GOOD  CHEER 
By  Edwin  Osgood  Grover 

IN  the  laughter  of  the  little  brook 
That  runs  its  merry  way. 

From  the  mountain-sides  of  Yesterday 
To  the  meadows  of  To-day; 

In  the  song  of  every  happy  bird, 

In  the  bloom  of  every  flower. 

In  the  blue,  blue  sky  above  us, 

And  the  sun  behind  the  shower; 

In  the  laughter  of  the  children. 

In  the  faces  that  they  bear, — 

Behold  the  joyous  tidings. 

And  the  glory  everywhere! 

There’s  a smile  wher’er  we  journey, 
There’s  a laugh  we  all  may  hear, 

If  we’ll  only  hark  and  listen 
To  the  Gospel  of  Good  Cheer. 


THE  BOOK  OF  GOOD  CHEER 


CLOUDS  may  come,  but  clouds  must  go. 

And  they  have  a silver  lining. 

For  beyond  them  all,  you  know, 

Either  sun  or  moon  is  shining. 

So  with  trouble;  'tis  quite  plain 
Time  at  last  will  take  its  measure; 

Rainbows  follow  after  rain, 

Life  must  have  its  meed  of  pleasure. 

—J.  A.  W. 


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GOD  bless  the  heart  of  sunshine 

That  smiles  the  clouds  away. 

And  sets  a star  of  fresh-born  hope 
In  some  one's  sky  each  day. 

God  bless  all  words  of  kindness 

That  lift  the  heart  from  gloom, 

And  in  life's  barren  places 

Plant  flowers  of  love  to  bloom. 

— A.  H.  G. 


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SUNSHINE 


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MEWHERE  on  the  great  world  the  sun  is  always 
shining  and  just  so  sure  as  you  live,  it  will  sometime 
shine  on  you.  The  dear  God  has  made  it  so.  There  is 
so  much  sunshine  we  must  all  have  our  share. 

— Myrtle  Reed . 


II KE  the  star 

ji  Which  shines  afar. 
Without  haste. 
Without  rest, 

Let  each  one  wheel 
With  steady  stay 
Round  the  task 
Which  rules  the  day 
And  do  his  best. 


IP 

I AM  bigger  than  anything  that  can  happen  to  me.  All 
these  things,  sorrow,  misfortune  and  suffering,  are  out- 
side my  door.  I am  in  the  house  and  I have  the  key. 

— Charles  F . Lummis . 


EAT  less;  breathe  more. 

Talk  less;  think  more. 

Ride  less;  walk  more. 
Clothe  less;  bathe  more. 
Worry  less;  work  more. 
Waste  less;  give  more. 
Preach  less;  practice  more. 

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TO-DAY 

THINK  not  on  yesterday,  nor  trouble  borrow 
On  what  may  be  in  store  for  you  To-morrow, 

But  let  To-day  be  your  incessant  care, — 

The  past  is  past,  To-morrow's  in  the  air. 

Who  gives  To-day  the  best  that  in  him  lies 
Will  find  the  road  that  leads  to  clearer  skies. 

^ — John  Kendrick  Bangs . 

IT  is  not  raining  rain  to  me, 

It's  raining  daffodils. 

In  every  dimpled  drop  I see 
Wild  flowers'on  the  hills. 

The  clouds  of  gray  engulf  the  day 
And  overwhelm  the  town; 

It  is  not  raining  rain  to  me, 

It's  raining  roses  down. 

It  is  not  raining  rain  to  me, 

But  fields  of  clover  bloom. 

Where  any  buccaneering  bee 
Can  find  a bed  and  room. 

A health  unto  the  happy, 

A fig  for  him  who  frets! 

It  is  not  raining  rain  to  me, 

It's  raining  violets! 

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WIXT  optimist  and  pessimist  the  difference  is  droll; 
The  optimist  sees  the  doughnut,  the  pessimist  the  hole. 

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THE  TASK  OF  HAPPINESS 

IF  I have  faltered  more  or  less 
In  my  great  task  of  happiness; 

If  I have  moved  among  my  race 
And  shown  no  glorious  morning  face; 

If  beams  from  happy  human  eyes 
Have  moved  me  not;  if  morning  skies. 

Books,  and  my  food,  and  summer  rain 
Knocked  on  my  sullen  heart  in  vain: — 

Lord,  Thy  most  pointed  pleasure  take 
And  stab  my  spirit  broad  awake; 

Or,  Lord,  if  too  obdurate  I, 

Choose  Thou,  before  that  spirit  die, 

A piercing  pain,  a killing  sin, 

And  to  my  dead  heart  run  them  in ! 

— Robert  Louis  Stevenson . 

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HEN  the  outlook  is  not  good,  try  the  uplook. 

THE  wealth  of  a man  is  the  number  of  things  he  loves 
and  blesses,  which  he  is  loved  and  blessed  by. 

— Thomas  Carlyle . 

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TO  give  pleasure  to  a single  heart  by  a single  kind  act  is 
better  than  a thousand  head-bowings  in  prayer. 

— Saadi 

I WOULD  rather  be  able  to  appreciate  things  I cannot 
have,  than  to  have  things  I am  not  able  to  appreciate. 

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WE  just  shake  hands  at  meeting 
With  many  that  come  nigh; 

We  nod  the  head  in  greeting 
To  many  that  go  by — 

But  welcome  through  the  gateway 
Our  few  old  friends  and  true; 

Then  hearts  leap  up,  and  straightway 
There's  open  house  for  you, 

Old  friends, 

There’s  open  house  for  you! 

— Gerald  Massey. 

MY  BUSINESS  is  not  to  remake  myself, 

But  to  make  the  absolute  best  of  what  God  made. 

— Robert  Browning. 

DO  not  keep  the  alabaster  box  of  your  love  and  tender- 
ness sealed  up  until  your  friends  are  dead.  Fill  their 
lives  with  sweetness.  Speak  approving,  cheering 
words  while  their  ears  can  hear  them,  and  while  their 
hearts  can  be  thrilled  and  made  happier.  The  kind 
things  you  mean  to  say  when  they  are  gone,  say  before 
they  go.  The  flowers  you  mean  to  send  for  their 
coffin,  send  to  brighten  and  sweeten  their  homes 
before  they  leave  them. 

Let  us  learn  to  anoint  our  friends  while  they  are  yet 
among  the  living.  Post-mortem  kindness  does  not 
cheer  the  burdened  heart;  flowers  on  the  coffin  cast 
no  fragrance  backward  over  the  weary  way. 

— George  W.  Childs. 


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GOD  help  me  speak  the  little  word 
And  take  my  bit  of  singing. 

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1FIND  earth  not  gray  but  rosy, 

Heaven  not  grim  but  fair  of  hue. 

Do  I stoop?  I pluck  a posy. 

Do  I stand  and  stare?  All’s  blue. 

— Robert  Browning. 

THE  HUMAN  TOUCH 

HIGH  thoughts  and  noble  in  all  lands 
Help  me;  my  soul  is  fed  by  such. 

But  ah,  the  touch  of  lips  and  hands, — 

The  human  touch! 

Warm,  vital,  close,  life’s  symbols  dear,— 

These  need  I most,  and  now,  and  here. 

— Richard  Burton . 

IF  THAT  WERE  ENOUGH 

TO  thrill  with  the  joy  of  girded  men, 

To  go  on  forever  and  fail  and  go  on  again, 

To  be  mauled  to  the  earth  and  arise, 

And  contend  for  the  shade  of  a word  and  a thing 
not  seen  with  the  eyes: 

With  the  half  of  a broken  hope  for  a pillow  at  night, 

That  somehow  the  right  is  the  right 

And  the  smooth  shall  bloom  from  the  rough: 

Lord,  if  that  were  enough!  _ . r . 0 

— Robert  Louis  Stevenson . 


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ONE  who  claims  that  he  knows  about  it 
Tells  me  the  earth  is  a vale  of  sin; 

But  I and  the  bees,  and  the  birds,  we  doubt  it, 
And  think  it  a world  worth  living  in. 

— Ella  Wheeler  Wilcox . 

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THE  inner  side  of  every  cloud  is  bright  and  shining; 
I therefore  turn  my  clouds  about 
And  always  wear  them  inside  out 
To  show  the  lining.  —Ellen  Thorncroft  Fowler. 

IT’S  the  song  ye  sing,  and  the  smiles  ye  wear, 
That’s  a-makin’  the  sun  shine  everywhere. 

— James  Whitcomb  Riley . 

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IF  the  world  is  going  wrong, 

Forget  it! 

Sorrow  never  lingers  long — 

Forget  it! 

If  your  neighbor  bears  ill-will, 

If  your  conscience  won’t  be  still. 

If  you  owe  an  ancient  bill! 

Forget  it! 

* 

THE  soul  would  have  no  rainbow 
Had  the  eyes  no  tears. 

— John  Vance  Cheney . 


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SPIN  cheerfully. 

Not  tearfully, 

Though  wearily  you  plod. 

Spin  carefully. 

Spin  prayerfully, 

But  leave  the  thread  with  God. 

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WHAT  we  call  Luck 
Is  simply  Pluck, 

And  doing  things  over  and  over; 
Courage  and  will. 

Perseverance  and  skill, — 

Are  the  four  leaves  of  Luck’s  clover. 

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THE  GIST  OF  LIFE 

OTO  be  up  and  doing,  O 

Unfearing  and  unshamed  to  go 
In  all  the  uproar  and  the  press 
About  my  human  business! 

My  undissuaded  heart  I hear 
Whisper  courage  in  my  ear. 

With  voiceless  calls,  the  ancient  earth 
Summons  me  to  a daily  birth. 

Thou,  O my  love,  ye,  O my  friends — 

The  gist  of  life,  the  end  of  ends — 

To  laugh,  to  love,  to  live,  to  die. 

Ye  call  me  by  the  ear  and  eye! 

— Robert  Louis  Stevenson, 


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OUR  KIND  OF  A MAN 

THE  kind  of  a man  for  you  and  me! 

He  faces  the  world  unflinchingly, 

And  smiles  as  long  as  the  wrong  exists, 

With  a knuckled  faith  and  force  like  fists: 

He  lives  the  life  he  is  preaching  of, 

And  loves  where  most  is  the  need  of  love; 

And  feeling  still,  with  a grief  half  glad, 

That  the  bad  are  as  good  as  the  good  are  bad, 
He  strikes  straight  out  for  the  right — and  he 
Is  the  kind  of  a man  for  you  and  me! 

— James  Whitcomb  Riley . 


IF  YOU  have  knowledge,  let  others  light  their  candles 
by  it.  — Thomas  Fuller. 

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THE  people  who  always  live  in  houses,  and  sleep  on 
beds,  and  walk  on  pavements,  and  buy  their  food  from 
butchers  and  bakers  and  grocers,  are  not  the  most 
blessed  inhabitants  of  this  wide  and  various  earth. 
The  circumstances  of  their  existence  are  too  mathe- 
matical and  secure  for  perfect  contentment.  They  live 
at  second  or  third  hand.  They  are  boarders  in  the 
world.  Everything  is  done  for  them  by  somebody  else. 

— Henry  van  Fyke. 

IN  THE  school  of  life  many  branches  of  knowledge  are 
taught.  But  the  only  philosophy  that  amounts  to 
anything  after  all,  is  just  the  secret  of  making  friends 
with  our  luck.  — Henry  van  Dyke. 


SsS»THE  BOOK  OF  GOOD  CHEER  BESS! 


THE  SONG  ON  THE  WAY 

ANY  way  the  old  world  goes 
Happy  be  the  weather! 

With  the  red  thorn  or  the  rose 
Singin'  all  together! 

Don't  you  see  that  sky  o'  blue! 

Good  Lord  painted  it  for  you! 

Reap  the  daisies  in  the  dew 
Singin'  all  together! 

Springtime  sweet,  an'  frosty  fall 
Happy  be  the  weather! 

Earth  has  gardens  for  us  all, 

Goin'  on  together. 

Sweet  the  labor  in  the  light, 

To  the  harvest's  gold  and  white — 

Till  the  toilers  say  “Good  night," 

Singin'  all  together! 

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THREE  KINDS  OF  COURAGE 

THERE'S  the  courage  that  nerves  you  in  starting  to  climb 
The  mount  of  success  rising  sheer; 

And  when  you've  slipped  back  there's  the  courage 
sublime 

That  keeps  you  from  shedding  a tear. 

These  two  kinds  of  courage,  I give  you  my  word, 

Are  worthy  of  tribute — but  then. 

You'll  not  reach  the  summit  unless  you've  the  third— 
The  courage  of  try-it-again! 

— Roy  Farrell  Greene . 

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MAGINATION  is  the  supreme  gift  of  the  gods,  and  the 
degree  of  its  possession  is  the  measure  of  any  man’s 
advantage  over  circumstance— the  measure  of  his  clutch 
on  Success.  — James  Howard  Kehler. 


GOD  be  thanked,  whate’er  comes  after,  I have  lived  and 
toiled  with  men.  —Rudyard  Kipling. 

T)  know, what  you  prefer,  instead  of  humbly  saying 
Amen,  to  what  the  world  tells  you  you  ought  to 
prefer,  is  to  have  kept  your  soul  alive. 

Robert  Louis  Stevenson. 

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F what  shall  a man  be  proud  if  he  is  not  proud  of  his 
friends?  — Robert  Louis  Stevenson . 


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O mediaeval  mystery,  no  crowned. 

Dim  figure,  halo  ringed,  uncanny  bright; 

A modern  saint:  a man  who  treads  earth’s  ground, 
And  ministers  to  men  with  all  his  might! 

— Richard  Burton . 

O not  worry;  eat  three  square  meals  a day;  say  your 
prayers;  be  courteous  to  your  creditors;  keep  your 
digestion  good;  exercise;  go  slow,  and  easy.  Maybe 
there  are  other  things  that  your  special  case  requires 
to  make  you  happy,  but,  my  friend,  these  I reckon  will 
give  you  a good  lift.  — Abraham  I’ncoln. 

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SUN  PHILOSOPHY 
QMILE! 

This  advice  is  worth  a pile — 

Beats  ter  blazes  strikin'  ile; 

When  yer  blood  begins  ter  bile, 

Jes'  you  smile! 

Smile ! 

Let  the  other  feller  cuss; 

'Taint  your  biz  ter  make  a fuss; 

You  can  clear  away  the  muss 
With  a smile. 

Smile ! 

When  things  go  tarnation  wrong 
Buck  your  courage  with  a song; 

Luck  can’t  lose  you  very  long 
Ef  you  smile. 

Smile  l 

'Til  the  bluey  heavens  shine  thro’. 

An'  ole  Sol  winks  down  at  you; 

Thinks  you  are  a sunbeam  too, 

'Cause  you  smile. 

— Florence  M.  Pierce . 

I'LL  not  confer  with  sorrow 
Till  to-morrow; 

But  joy  shall  have  her  way 
This  very  day. 


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— T.  B.  Aldrich . 


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THE  WORD 

TO-DAY,  whatever  may  annoy, 

The  word  for  me  is  Joy,  just  simple  joy: 

The  joy  of  life; 

The  joy  of  children  and  of  wife; 

The  joy  of  bright,  blue  skies; 

The  joy  of  rain;  the  glad  surprise 
Of  twinkling  stars  that  shine  at  night; 

The  joy  of  winged  things  upon  their  flight; 

The  joy  of  noon-day,  and  the  tried 
True  joyousness  of  eventide; 

The  joy  of  labor,  and  of  mirth; 

The  joy  of  air,  and  sea,  and  earth — 

The  countless  joys  that  ever  flow  from  Him 
Whose  vast  beneficence  doth  dim 
The  lustrous  light  of  day, 

And  lavish  gifts  divine  upon  our  way. 

Whate’er  there  be  of  Sorrow 
I’ll  put  off  till  To-morrow, 

And  when  To-morrow  comes,  why  then 
'Twill  be  To-day  and  Joy  again! 

— John  Kendrick  Bangs • 


WHY  thus  longing,  thus  forever  sighing, 

For  the  far  off,  unattained  and  dim? 
While  the  beautiful,  all  around  thee  lying, 
Offers  its  low,  perpetual  hymn. 

— Harriet  Winslow . 

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SO  many  gods,  so  many  creeds, 

So  many  paths  that  wind  and  wind; 

When  just  the  art  of  being  kind 
Is  all  the  sad  world  needs. 

— Ella  Wheeler  Wilcox . 

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FORGET  thyself  and  all  thy  woes, 

Put  out  each  feverish  light; 

The  stars  are  watching  overhead; 

Sleep  sweet.  Goodnight!  Goodnight! 

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DON’T  do  anything,  till  you  do  it;  and  when  you’ve  done 
it,  stop  doing  it.  — William  Gillette . 

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I WISH,  I can,  I will — these  are  the  three  trumpet  notes 
to  victory. 

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TO  be  honest,  to  be  kind — to  earn  a little  and  to  spend  a 
little  less,  to  make  upon  the  whole  a family  happier 
for  his  presence;  to  renounce  when  that  shall  be  neces- 
sary and  not  to  be  embittered;  to  keep  a few  friends, 
but  these  without  capitulation — above  all,  on  the  same 
grim  conditions,  to  keep  friends  with  himself — here  is 
a task  for  all  that  a man  has  of  fortitude  and  delicacy. 

— Robert  Louis  Stevenson . 


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DO  NOT  hurry. 

Do  not  worry, 

As  this  world  you  travel  through, 

No  regretting, 

Fuming,  fretting, 

Ever  can  advantage  you. 

Be  content  with  what  you've  done; 

What  on  earth  you  leave  undone, 

There  are  plenty  left  to  do. 

— P.  M.  Wyline . 

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THERE  is  an  idea  abroad  among  moral  people  that  they 
should  make  their  neighbors  good.  One  person  I have 
to  make  good:  myself.  But  my  duty  to  my  neighbor  is 
much  more  nearly  expressed  by  saying  that  I have  to 
make  him  happy — if  I may. 

— Robert  Louis  Stevenson . 


1AM  happy  in  having  learned  to  distinguish  between 
ownership  and  possession.  Books,  pictures,  and  all  the 
beauty  of  the  world  belong  to  those  who  love  and  under- 
stand them — not  usually  to  those  who  possess  them 
All  of  these  things  that  I am  entitled  to,  I have — I own 
them  by  divine  right.  So,  I care  not  a bit  who  possesses 
them.  I used  to  care  very  much  and  consequently  was 
very  unhappy.  — James  Howard  Kehler . 


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NOW 

IF  YOU  have  hard  work  to  do, 

Do  it  now. 

To-day  the  skies  are  clear  and  blue, 
To-morrow  clouds  may  come  in  view, 
Yesterday  is  not  for  you; 

Do  it  now. 

If  you  have  a song  to  sing, 

Sing  it  now. 

Let  the  tones  of  gladness  ring 
Clear  as  song  of  bird  in  spring. 

Let  every  day  some  music  bring; 

Sing  it  now. 

If  you  have  kind  words  to  say. 

Say  them  now. 

To  -morrow  may  not  come  your  way. 
Do  a kindness  while  you  may; 

Loved  ones  will  not  always  stay; 

Say  them  now. 

If  you  have  a smile  to  show, 

Show  it  now. 

Make  hearts  happy,  roses  grow. 

Let  the  friends  around  you  know 
The  love  you  have  before  they  go; 
Show  it  now. 


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AYS  change  so  many  things — yes,  hours — 
We  see  so  differently  in  suns  and  showers. 

— George  K tingle. 

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THE  common  problem,  yours,  mine,  everyone's 
Is — not  to  fancy  what  were  fair  in  life 
Provided  it  could  be;  but  finding  first 
What  may  be,  then  find  how  to  make  it  fair 
Up  to  our  means,  a very  different  thing! 

— Robert  Browning . 

BE  STRONG 

BE  strong! 

W^e  are  not  here  to  play,  to  dream  to  drift; 

We  have  hard  work  to  do,  and  loads  to  lift; 

Shun  not  the  struggle — face  it;  ’tis  God’s  gift. 

Be  strong! 

Say  not,  “The  days  are  evil.  Who’s  to  blame?” 

And  fold  the  hands  and  acquiesce — oh  shame! 

Stand  up,  speak  out,  and  bravely,  in  God’s  name. 

Be  strong! 

It  matters  not  how  deep  intrenched  the  wrong, 

How  hard  the  battle  goes,  the  day  how  long; 

Faint  not — fight  on!  To-morrow  comes  the  song. 

— Maltbie  Davenport  Babcock . 

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HERE  is  no  duty  we  so  much  underrate  as  the  duty  of 
being  happy.  By  being  happy  we  sow  anonymous 
benefits  upon  the  world,  which  remain  unknown  even 
to  ourselves,  or  when  they  are  disclosed,  surprise 
nobody  so  much  as  the  benefactor. 

— Robert  Louis  Stevenson . 

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WHEN  THE  BIRDS  GO  NORTH  AGAIN 


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, EVERY  year  hath  its  winter. 
And  every  year  hath  its  rain — 
But  a day  is  always  coming 

When  the  birds  go  north  again. 


When  new  leaves  swell  in  the  forest, 

And  grass  springs  green  on  the  plain. 

And  the  alders’  veins  turn  crimson — 

And  the  birds  go  north  again. 

Oh,  every  heart  hath  its  sorrow, 

And  every  heart  hath  its  pain — 

But  a day  is  always  coming 

When  the  birds  go  north  again. 

’Tis  the  sweetest  thing  to  remember 
If  courage  be  on  the  wane, 

When  the  cold,  dark  days  are  over — 

Why,  the  birds  go  north  again. 

— Ella  Higginson . 

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T)  BE  what  we  are,  and  to  become  what  we  are  capable 
of  becoming,  is  the  only  end  of  life. 

- — Robert  Louis  Stevenson . 


T?; 


BE  polite  is  to  do  and  say 
The  kindest  things  in  the  kindest  way. 

— Sophia  Bronson  Titterington. 

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DON’T  GIT  SORRY  FER  YERSELF 

DON’T  you  go  and  git  sorry  fer  yerself.  That’s  one 
thing  I can’t  stand  in  nobody.  There’s  always  lots 
of  other  folks  you  kin  be  sorry  fer  ’sted  of  yerself. 
Ain’t  you  proud  you  ain’t  got  a hairlip?  Why,  that 
one  thought  is  enough  to  keep  me  from  ever  gittin’  sorry 
fer  myself.  — Mrs.  Wiggs. 

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1 WOULD  not  give  a farthing  for  a man’s  religion  if  his 
dog  and  cat  are  not  the  better  for  it. 

— Rowland  Hill . 

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GENTLENESS  and  cheerfulness,  these  come  before  all 
morality;  they  are  the  perfect  duties.  If  your  morals 
make  you  dreary,  depend  upon  it  they  are  wrong.  I 
do  not  say  “give  them  up,”  for  they  may  be  all  you 
have;  but  conceal  them  like  a vice,  lest  they  should 
spoil  the  lives  of  better  and  simpler  people. 

— Robert  Louis  Stevenson . 

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BUT  in  the  mud  and  scum  of  things 

There  always,  always,  something  sings. 

— Ralph  Waldo  Emerson . 

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THERE  has  not  been  a single  day  since  the  world  began 
when  the  sun  was  not  shining.  The  trouble  has  been 
with  our  vision. 


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THE  WORLD  AS  IT  IS 

IT’S  a gay  old  world  when  you’re  gay, 

And  a glad  old  world  when  you’re  glad, 
But  whether  you  play 
Or  go  toiling  away. 

It’s  a sad  old  world  when  you’re  sad. 

It’s  a grand  old  world  if  you’re  great 
And  a mean  old  world  if  you’re  small; 

It’s  a world  full  of  hate 
For  the  foolish  who  prate 
Of  the  uselessness  of  it  all. 

It’s  a beautiful  world  to  see. 

Or  it’s  dismal  in  every  zone; 

The  thing  it  must  be 
In  your  gloom  or  your  glee 
Depends  on  yourself  alone. 

— S.  E . Kiser . 

MY  PHILOSOPHY 

1ALLUS  argy  that  a man 

Who  does  about  the  best  he  can. 

Is  plenty  good  enough  to  suit 
This  lower  mundane  institute — 

No  matter  ef  his  daily  walk 
Is  subject  fer  his  neighbor’s  talk. 

And  critic-minds  of  ev’ry  whim 
Jest  all  git  up  and  go  for  him! 

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ITS  natchural  enough,  I guess. 

When  some  gits  more  and  some  gits  less. 

For  them-uns  on  the  slimmest  side 
To  claim  it  ain’t  a fair  divide; 

And  I’ve  knowed  some  to  lay  and  wait. 

And  git  up  soon,  and  set  up  late. 

To  ketch  some  feller  they  could  hate 
Fer  goin’  at  a faster  gait. 

The  signs  is  bad  when  folks  commence 
A findin’  fault  with  Providence, 

And  balkin’  ’cause  the  earth  don’t  shake 
At  every  prancin’  step  they  take. 

No  man  is  great  till  he  can  see 
How  less  than  little  he  would  be 
Ef  stripped  to  self,  and  stark  and  bare 
He  hung  his  sign  out  anywhere. 

My  doctern  is  to  lay  aside 
Contentions,  and  be  satisfied: 

Jest  do  your  best,  and  praise  er  blame 
That  follers  that,  counts  jest  the  same. 

I’ve  alius  noticed  grate  success 
Is  mixed  with  troubles,  more  er  less, 

And  it’s  the  man  who  does  the  best 
That  gits  more  kicks  than  all  the  rest. 

— James  Whitcomb  Riley 

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IOOKS  like  ever’thing  in  the  world  comes  right  if  we  jes* 
md  wait  long  enough.  — Mrs.  Wiggs • 


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PRAYER  AT  MORNING 

THE  day  returns  and  brings  us  the  petty  round  of  irri- 
tating concerns  and  duties.  Help  us  to  play  the  man, 
help  us  to  perform  them  with  laughter  and  kind  faces, 
let  cheerfulness  abound  with  industry.  Give  us  to  go 
blithely  on  our  business  all  this  day,  bring  us  to  our 
resting  beds  weary  and  content  and  undishonored, 
and  grant  us  in  the  end  the  gift  of  sleep. 

— Robert  Louis  Stevenson . 

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PRAYER  AT  EVENING 

THE  service  of  the  day  is  over,  and  the  hour  come  to 
rest.  We  resign  into  Thy  hands  our  sleeping  bodies, 
our  cold  hearths  and  open  doors.  Give  us  to  awake 
with  smiles,  give  us  to  labor  smiling.  As  the  sun 
returns  in  the  east,  so  let  our  patience  be  renewed 
with  dawn;  as  the  sun  lightens  the  world,  so  let  our 
loving-kindness  make  bright  this  house  of  our  habi- 
tations. — Robert  Louis  Stevenson . 

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FOUR  things  a man  must  learn  to  do 
If  he  would  make  his  record  true: 

To  think  without  confusion  clearly; 

To  love  his  fellow-men  sincerely; 

To  act  from  honest  motives  purely; 

To  trust  in  God  and  heaven  securely. 

— Henry  van  Dyke . 


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CHEERINESS  is  a thing  to  be  more  profoundly  grateful 
for  than  all  that  genius  ever  inspired  or  talent  ever 
accomplished.  Next  best  to  natural,  spontaneous 
cheeriness,  is  deliberate,  intended  and  persistent 
cheeriness,  which  we  can  create,  can  cultivate  and  can 
so  foster  and  cherish  that  after  a few  years  the  world 
will  never  suspect  that  it  was  not  an  heredity  gift. 

— Helen  Hunt  Jackson . 

9 

JOY  does  not  happen.  It  is  the  inevitable  result  of  certain 
lines  followed  and  laws  obeyed  and  so  a matter  of  char- 
acter. — Maltbie  D.  Babcock . 

1 BELIEVE  in  giftin'  as  much  good  outen  life  as  you  kin — 
not  that  I ever  set  out  to  look  fer  happiness;  seems  like 
the  folks  that  does,  never  finds  it.  I jes'  do  the  best  I 
kin  where  the  good  Lord  put  me  at,  an’  it  looks  like 
I got  a happy  feelin'  in  me  'most  all  the  time. 

— Mrs.  Wiggs. 

9 

THAT  happy  state  of  mind,  so  rarely  possessed,  in  which 
we  can  say,  “I  have  enough,"  is  the  highest  attainment 
of  philosophy.  Happiness  consists,  not  in  possessing 
much,  but  in  being  content  with  what  we  possess.  He 
who  wants  little  always  has  enough. 

— Zimmerman . 


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JUST  BE  GLAD 

OH,  HEART  of  mine,  we  shouldn’t 
Worry  so! 

What  we’ve  missed  of  calm  we  couldn’t 
Have,  you  know! 

What  we’ve  met  of  stormy  pain, 

And  of  sorrow’s  driving  rain, 

We  can  better  meet  again 
If  it  blow. 

For  we  know,  not  every  morrow 
Can  be  sad; 

So  forgetting  all  the  sorrow 
We  have  had. 

Let  us  fold  away  our  fears. 

And  put  by  our  foolish  tears, 

And  through  all  the  coming  years 

Just  be  glad.  _james  Whitcomb  Riley. 

# 

ENIUS  is  talent  set  on  fire  by  courage.  Fidelity  is 
simply  daring  to  be  true  in  small  things  as  well  as 
great.  Courage  is  the  standing  army  of  the  soul 
which  keeps  it  from  conquest,  pillage  and  slavery. 

— Henry  van  Dyke. 


ET  into  the  habit  of  looking  for  the  silver  lining  of  the 
cloud,  and  when  you  have  found  it,  continue  to  look 
at  it  rather  than  at  the  leaden  gray  in  the  middle.  It 
will  help  you  over  many  hated  places. 


—A.  A.  W. 


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FOUR-LEAF  CLOVERS 

I KNOW  a place  where  the  sun  is  like  gold 

And  the  cherry  blooms  burst  forth  with  snow; 

And  down  underneath  is  the  loveliest  nook, 

Where  the  four-leaved  clovers  grow. 

One  leaf  is  for  Hope,  and  one  is  for  Faith, 

And  one  is  for  Love,  you  know, 

And  God  put  another  one  in  for  Luck, — 

If  you  search  you  will  find  where  they  grow. 

But  you  must  have  Hope,  and  you  must  have  Faith, 
You  must  love  and  be  strong,  and  so 
If  you  work,  if  you  wait,  you  will  find  the  place, 
Where  the  four-leaf  clovers  grow.  Higginson, 


THERE  is  only  one  way  to  be  happy  and  that  is  to  make 
somebody  else  so.  — Sidney  Smith . 

IT  IS  the  great  boon  of  such  characters  as  Mr.  Lincoln’s 
that  they  re-unite  what  God  has  joined  together  and 
man  has  put  asunder.  In  him  was  vindicated  the  great- 
ness of  real  goodness,  and  the  goodness  of  real  greatness. 

— Philips  Brooks. 

GET  out  and  do  something — work,  sweat,  hike,  hump 
yourself — starve  if  need  be — but  dig  on  and  deliver. 
Then  talk  if  you  want  to,  but  the  chances  are  you 
won’t  feel  so  much  like  it.  _james  Howard  Kehku 

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Grumble?  No,  what’s  the  good? 

If  it  availed,  I would; 

But  it  doesn’t  a bit. 

Not  it. 

Laugh?  Yes,  why  not? 

’Tis  better  than  crying,  a lot; 

We  were  made  to  be  glad, 

Not  sad. 

Sing?  Why,  yes  to  be  sure; 

We  shall  better  endure 
If  the  heart’s  full  of  song 
All  day  long. 

9 

IN  MEN  whom  men  condemn  as  ill 
I find  so  much  of  goodness  still; 

In  men  whom  men  pronounce  divine 
I find  so  much  of  sin  and  blot, 

I hesitate  to  draw  a line 

Between  the  two,  where  God  has  not. 

9 

1AM  sure  it  is  a great  mistake  always  to  know  enough  to 
go  in  when  it  rains.  One  may  keep  snug  and  dry  by 
such  knowledge,  but  one  misses  a world  of  loveliness. 

— Adeline  Knapp . 

THE  block  of  granite  which  was  an  obstacle  in  the  path- 
way of  the  weak,  becomes  a stepping  stone  in  the  path- 
way of  the  strong.  — Thomas  Carlyle . 

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STRAIGHT  from  the  Mighty  Bow  this  truth  is  driven: 
They  fail,  and  they  alone,  who  have  not  striven. 

— Clarence  Ur  my, 

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TO  BELIEVE  in  the  heroic  makes  heroes. 

— I)  Israeli. 


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IFE  without  Industry  is  guilt, 
brutality. 

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Industry  without  Art  is 
— John  Ruskin. 


THE  highest  compact  we  can  make  with  our  fellow  is: 
Let  there  be  truth  between  us  two  forevermore. 

— Ralph  Waldo  Emerson. 


FOR  a man  to  have  an  ideal  in  this  world,  for  a man  to 
know  what  an  ideal  is,  this  also  is  to  have  lived. 

— Gerald  Stanley  Lee . 

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RAISE  loudly;  blame  softly. 

— Catherine  II. 


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This  is  the  best  day  the  world  has  ever  seen.  To- 
morrow will  be  better.  — R.  A.  Campbell. 


THE  ornaments  of  a house  are  the  friends  that  frequent 
it.  — Ralph  Waldo  Emerson. 


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THERE  is  ever  a song  somewhere,  my  dear. 

Be  the  skies  above  or  dark  or  fair, 

There  is  ever  a song  that  our  hearts  may  hear — 
There  is  ever  a song  somewhere,  my  dear — 

There  is  ever  a song  somewhere! 

— James  Whitcomb  Riley . 

HE  reward  is  in  keeping  the  commandments,  not  for 
keeping  them.  — Lydia  Marie  Child . 

WHEN  you  play,  play  hard;  when  you  work,  don’t 
play  at  all.  — Theodore  Roosevelt . 

A WOMAN  who  creates  and  sustains  a home,  and  under 
whose  hands  children  grow  up  to  be  strong  and  pure 
men  and  women,  is  a creator  second  only  to  God. 

— Helen  Hunt  Jackson. 

THIS  is  the  beginning  of  all  gospels,  that  the  kingdom  of 
Heaven  is  at  hand  just  where  we  are. 

* 

HETHER  the  world  is  blue  or  rosy  depends  upon  the 
kind  of  spectacles  we  wear.  It’s  our  glasses,  not  the 
world,  that  needs  attention. 


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OAH  was  six  hundred  years  old  before  he  knew  how  to 
build  an  ark — don’t  lose  your  grip. 

— Elbert  Hubbard . 


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CONCERN  yourself  but  with  To-day; 

Woo  it,  and  teach  it  to  obey 

Your  will  and  wish.  Since  time  began 

To-day  has  been  the  friend  of  man, 

But  in  his  blindness  and  his  sorrow 
He  looks  to  Yesterday  and  To-morrow. 

9 

HAPPINESS  is  the  only  good.  The  place  to  be  happy 
is  here.  The  time  to  be  happy  is  now.  The  way 
to  be  happy  is  to  help  make  others  so. 

— Robert  G.  Ingersoll. 

9 

MANY  people  are  so  afraid  to  die  that  they  have  never 
begun  to  live.  But  courage  emancipates  us  and  gives 
us  to  ourselves,  that  we  may  give  ourselves  freely 
and  without  fear  to  god.  -Henry  van  Dyke. 

EVERY  mason  in  the  quarry,  every  builder  on  the  shore, 
Every  chopper  in  the  palm  grove,  every  raftsman  at 
the  oar — 

Hewing  wood  and  drawing  water,  splitting  stones  and 
cleaving  sod — 

All  the  dusty  ranks  of  labor,  in  the  regiments  of  God, 
March  together  toward  His  triumph,  do  the  task  His 
hands  prepare; 

Honest  toil  is  holy  service;  faithful  work  is  praise  and 
prayer.  — Henry  van  Dyke, 


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HEN  things  first  got  to  goin’  wrong  with  me,  I says: 
“O  Lord,  whatever  comes,  keep  me  from  gittin* 
sour!”  Since  then  Fve  made  it  a practice  to  put  all 
my  worries  down  in  the  bottom  of  my  heart,  then  set 
on  the  lid  an’  smile.  — Mrs.  Wiggs. 


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HEARD  a raven  croak,  but  I persuaded  myself  it  was 
the  song  of  the  nightingale.  I smelled  the  smell  of  the 
mould,  but  thought  of  the  violets  it  nourished. 

— Tom  Hood. 

OU  have  not  fulfilled  every  duty  unless  you  have  fulfilled 
that  of  being  pleasant.  — Charles  Buxton. 


N 


H 


HE  grand  essentials  of  happiness  are  something  to  do, 
something  to  love,  and  something  to  hope  for. 

— Chalmers. 

OTHING  is  so  contagious  as  enthusiasm.  It  is  the 
real  allegory  of  the  tale  of  Orpheus.  It  moves  stones, 
it  charms  brutes.  Enthusiasm  is  the  genius  of  sin- 
cerity and  truth  accomplishes  no  victories  without  it. 

— Bulwer . 

E WHO  goes  down  into  the  battle  of  life  giving  a smile 
for  every  frown,  a cheery  word  for  every  cross  one,  and 
lending  a helping  hand  to  the  unfortunate  is,  after  all, 
the  best  of  missionaries. 

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PASS  IT  ON 


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AVE  you  had  a kindness  shown? 

Pass  it  on! 

’Twas  not  given  to  you  alone! 

Pass  it  on! 

Let  it  travel  down  the  years, 

Let  it  wipe  another's  tears, 

Till  in  Heaven  the  deed  appears; 

Pass  it  on!  — Henry  Burton . 


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HAT  we  see  depends  mainly  on  what  we  look  for. 

— John  Lubbock . 


9r 

i | THAT  helped  you  over  the  great  obstacles  of  life?” 
was  asked  a successful  man.  ‘‘The  other  obstacles,” 
he  replied. 

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THEY  can,  because  they  believe  they  can. 

— Virgil . 


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TO  love  and  win  is  the  best  thing; 

To  love  and  lose  the  next  best. 

— W.  M.  Thackeray . 

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SOME  defeats  are  only  instalments  of  victory. 

— Jacob  A . Riis. 


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1WILL  this  day  try  to  live  a simple,  sincere  and  serene 
life,  repelling  promptly  every  thought  of  discontent, 
anxiety,  discouragement,  impurity  and  self-seeking;  cul- 
tivating cheerfulness,  magnanimity,  charity  and  the 
habit  of  holy  silence;  exercising  economy  in  expenditure, 
carefulness  in  conversation,  diligence  in  appointed  ser- 
vice, fidelity  to  every  trust  and  childlike  trust  in  God. 

— John  H.  Vincent . 


BELIEVE  in  the  better  side  of  men.  It  is  optimism  that 
really  saves  people.  — Ian  Maclaren . 

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i 


SHALL  pass  through  this  world  but  once.  Any  good 
thing  that  I can  do,  or  any  kindness  I can  show  to  any 
human  being,  let  me  do  it  now — for  I shall  not  pass  this 
way  again. 


TO  ENTER  Heaven  a man  must  take  it  with  him. 

— Henry  Drummond . 

9 

HE  Kingdom  of  Heaven  is  not  a place,  but  a state  of 
mind.  — John  Burroughs . 

9 

IDO  the  best  I know.  The  very  best  I can;  and  I mean  to 
keep  right  on  doing  so  until  the  end.  If  the  end  brings 
me  out  all  right,  what  is  said  against  me  won't  amount  to 
anything.  If  the  end  brings  me  out  wrong,  ten  angels 
swearing  I was  right  would  make  no  difference. 

— Abraham  Lincoln . 


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A PRAYER 

NOT  more  of  light,  I ask,  O God, 

But  eyes  to  see  what  is; 

Not  sweeter  songs,  but  power  to  hear 
The  present  melodies. 

Not  greater  strength,  but  how  to  use 
The  power  that  I possess; 

Not  more  of  love,  but  skill  to  turn 
A frown  to  a caress. 

Not  mote  of  joy,  but  power  to  feel 
Its  kindling  presence  near; 

To  give  to  others  all  I have 
Of  courage  and  of  cheer. 

Give  me  all  fears  to  dominate, 

All  holy  joys  to  know; 

To  be  the  friend  I wish  to  be, 

To  speak  the  truth  I know. 

— Florence  Holbrook. 

* 

ANY  one  can  carry  his  burden,  however  heavy,  till 
nightfall.  Any  one  can  do  his  work,  however  hard, 
for  one  day.  Any  one  can  live  sweetly,  lovingly, 
purely,  till  the  sun  goes  down.  And  this  is  all  that 
life  really  means. 

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THE  world  is  looking  for  the  man  who  can  do  something, 
not  for  the  man  who  can  “explain”  why  he  didn't  do  it. 

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TRUE  bravery  is  shown  by  performing  without  witnesses 
what  one  might  be  capable  of  doing  before  all  the 
world.  — La  Rochefoucauld. 

THE  best  preacher  is  the  heart;  the  best  teacher  is  time; 
the  best  book  is  the  world;  the  best  friend  is  God. 

— The  Talmud. 

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IS  not  the  weight  of  jewel  or  plate, 

Or  the  fondle  of  silk  or  fur; 

Tis  the  spirit  in  which  the  gift  is  rich, 

As  the  gifts  of  the  wise  ones  were; 

And  we  are  not  told  whose  gift  was  gold, 

Or  whose  was  the  gift  of  myrrh. 

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THE  Indian  says  that  when  a man  kills  a foe  the  strength 
of  the  slain  enemy  passes  into  the  victor’s  arm.  In  the 
weird  fancy  lies  the  truth.  Each  defeat  leaves  us 
weaker  for  the  next  battle,  but  each  conquest  makes  us 
stronger.  Nothing  makes  a prison  to  a human  life, 
but  a defeated,  broken  spirit.  The  bird  in  its  cage 
that  sings  all  the  while  is  not  a captive. 

—J.  R.  Miller. 

BELIEVE  in  yourself,  believe  in  humanity,  believe  in  the 
success  of  your  undertakings.  Fear  nothing  and  no 
one.  Love  your  work.  Work,  hope,  trust.  Keep  in 
touch  with  to-day.  Teach  yourself  to  be  practical  and 
up-to-date  and  sensible.  You  cannot  fail! 


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GENIUS  seems  to  be  allied  to  immortal  youth.  Goethe 
at  eighty-four  had  the  same  deep  interest  in  life  that 
he  felt  at  thirty  or  forty;  and  Gladstone  at  eighty-six 
was  one  of  the  most  eager  and  aspiring  men  of  his  time. 

— Hamilton  Wright  Mabie . 

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A CERTAIN  amount  of  opposition  is  a great  help  to  a 
man;  kites  rise  against  and  not  with  the  wind. 

* 

BLESSED  is  he  who  has  found  his  work;  let  him  ask  no 
other  blessedness.  He  has  a work,  a life  purpose;  he 
has  found  it,  and  will  follow  it!  — Thomas  Carlyle. 

9 

KING  HASSAN,  well-beloved,  was  wont  to  say, 
When  aught  went  wrong,  or  any  labor  failed, 
“To-morrow,  friends,  will  be  another  day!” 

And  in  that  faith  he  slept,  and  so  prevailed. 

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H!  LET  us  fill  our  hearts  up  with  the  glory  of  the  day, 
And  banish  ev’ry  doubt  and  care  and  sorrow  far  away! 
For  the  world  is  full  of  roses,  and  the  roses  full  of  dew, 
And  the  dew  is  full  of  heavenly  love  that  drips  for  me 
and  you.  — James  Whitcomb  Riley . 

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MAKE  the  most  of  yourself,  for  that  is  all  there  is  of 
you.  — Ralph  Waldo  Emerson . 


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COMPENSATION 

THE  universe  pays  every  man  in  his  own  coin;  if  you 
smile,  it  smiles  upon  you  in  return;  if  you  frown,  you 
will  be  frowned  at;  if  you  sing,  you  will  be  invited  into 
gay  company;  if  you  think,  you  will  be  entertained  by 
thinkers;  and  if  you  love  the  world  and  earnestly  seek 
for  the  good  that  is  therein,  you  will  be  surrounded  by 
loving  friends,  and  nature  will  pour  into  your  lap  the 
treasures  of  the  earth.  Censure,  criticise  and  hate,  and 
you  will  be  censured,  criticised  and  hated  by  your  fel- 
low men.  Every  seed  brings  forth  after  its  kind. 
Mistrust  begets  mistrust,  and  confidence  begets  con- 
fidence, kindness  begets  kindness,  love  begets  love. 
Resist  and  you  will  be  resisted.  To  meet  the  aggressive 
assault  every  entity  rises  up  rigid  and  impenetrable — 
while  yonder  mountain  of  granite  melts  and  floats 
away  on  the  bosom  of  the  river  of  love. 

— N.  W.  Zimmerman . 

LIVING  will  teach  you  how  to  live,  better  than  preacher  or 
book.  — Goethe . 

9 

THE  unhappy  are  always  wrong;  wrong  in  being  so, 
wrong  in  saying  so,  wrong  in  needing  help  of  others. 

9 

WRITE  on  your  hearts  that  every  day  is  the  best  day 
of  the  year.  — Ralph  Waldo  Emerson . 

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OT  one  holy  day,  but  seven. 

Worshipping  not  at  the  call  of  a bell, 

But  at  the  call  of  my  soul. 

Singing  not  at  the  baton’s  sway, 

But  to  the  rhythm  in  my  heart. 

Loving  because  I must. 

Giving  because  I cannot  keep. 

Doing  for  the  joy  of  it. 

— Muriel  Strode . 


F I can  stop  one  heart  from  breaking, 

I shall  not  live  in  vain. 

If  I can  ease  one  life  the  aching, 

Or  cool  one  pain, 

Or  help  one  fainting  Robin 
Into  his  nest  again 
I shall  not  live  in  vain. 

— Emily  Dickinson. 

HEERFULNESS  and  content  are  great  beautifiers  and 
are  famous  preservers  of  youthful  looks. 

— Charles  Dickens. 

HATEVER  the  weather  may  be,”  says  he, 
“Whatever  the  weather  may  be, 

It’s  the  songs  ye  sing,  an’  the  smiles  ye  wear, 
That’s  a-makin’  the  sun  shine  everywhere.” 

— James  Whitcomb  Riley. 

E WHO  has  conferred  a kindness  should  be  silent;  he 
who  has  received  one  should  speak  of  it. 

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UP,  MY  HEART,  AND  SING 

THE  dark,  dark  night  is  gone, 

The  lark  is  on  the  wing, 

From  bleak  and  barren  fields  he  soars, 

Eternal  hope  to  sing. 

And  shall  I be  less  brave 
Than  yon  sweet  lyric  thing? 

From  deeps  of  failure  and  despair. 

Up,  up  my  heart,  and  sing! 

The  dark,  dark  year  is  gone: 

The  red  blood  of  the  spring 
Will  quicken  Nature’s  pulses  soon, 

So  up,  my  heart,  and  sing! 

— Ella  Higginson . 

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THIS  is  the  gospel  of  labor, 

Ring  it,  ye  bells  of  the  kirk, 

The  Lord  of  Love  came  down  from  above, 

To  live  with  the  men  who  work. 

This  is  the  rose  He  planted, 

Here  in  the  thorn-cursed  soil; 

Heaven  is  blessed  with  perfect  rest, 

But  the  blessing  of  earth  is  toil. 

— Henry  van  Dyke . 

IDO  not  know  of  any  way  so  sure  of  making  others  happy 
as  being  so  one’s  self.  — Sir  Arthur  Helps . 


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1ET  me  but  do  my  work  day  to  day 

In  field  or  forest,  at  this  desk  or  loom, 

In  roaring  market  place  or  tranquil  room; 

Let  me  but  find  it  in  my  heart  to  say. 

When  vagrant  wishes  beckon  me  astray, 

“This  is  my  work;  my  blessing,  not  my  doom. 
Of  all  who  live,  I am  the  one  by  whom 
This  work  can  best  be  done  in  the  right  way.” 

Then  shall  I see  it  not  too  great,  nor  small 
To  suit  my  spirit  and  to  prove  my  powers; 

Then  shall  I,  cheerful,  greet  the  laboring  hours. 
And  cheerful  turn,  when  the  long  shadows  fall 
At  eventide,  to  play  and  love  and  rest 
Because  I know  for  me  my  work  is  best. 

— Henry  van  Dyke . 

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MAKE  the  best  of  everything; 

Think  the  best  of  everybody; 

Hope  the  best  for  yourself. 

— George  Stephenson . 

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O BE  serene  amid  a losing  fight, 

To  meet  with  equal  courage  dark  or  light. 

To  hate  all  sham,  and  with  persistent  might 
To  do  brave  deeds  as  in  a master’s  sight, — 
This  is  to  learn  life’s  lesson,  reach  the  height. 

— Charles  Allen  Dausson . 


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IF  you  strike  a thorn  or  rose. 

Keep  a-goin’. 

If  it  hails  or  if  it  snows, 

Keep-agoin’. 

’Tain’t  no  use  to  sit  and  whine 
When  the  fish  ain’t  on  your  line; 

Bait  your  hook  and  keep  on  tryin’ — 

Keep  a-goin’. 

When  the  weather  kills  your  crop, 

Keep  a-goin’. 

When  you  tumble  from  the  top, 

Keep  a-goin’. 

S’pose  you’re  out  o’  every  dime! 

Gettin’  broke  ain’t  any  crime; 

Tell  the  world  you’re  feeling  prime — 

Keep  a-goin’. 

When  it  looks  like  all  is  up, 

Keep  a-goin’. 

Drain  the  sweetness  from  the  cup, 

Keep  a-goin’. 

See  the  wild  bird  on  the  wing, 

Hear  the  bells  that  sweetly  ring. 

When  you  feel  like  sighin’,  sing. 

Keep  a-goin’.  — Frank  L.  Stanton . 

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IT  IS  no  use  to  grumble  and  complain; 

It’s  just  as  cheap  and  easy  to  rejoice, 

When  God  sorts  out  the  weather  and  sends  rain — 
Why,  rain’s  my  choice.  _james  Whitcomb  Riley. 

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TAKE  Joy  home, 

And  make  a place  in  thy  great  heart  for  her; 

Then  will  she  come,  and  oft  will  sing  to  thee. 

When  thou  art  working  in  the  furrows;  aye, 

Or  weeding  in  the  sacred  hour  of  dawn. 

It  is  a comely  fashion  to  be  glad — 

Joy  is  the  grace  we  say  to  God. 

— Jean  Inge  low 

HE  little  cares  that  fretted  me, 

I lost  them  yesterday, 

Among  the  fields  above  the  sea, 

Among  the  winds  at  play; 

Among  the  lowing  of  the  herds, 

The  rustling  of  the  trees, 

Among  the  singing  of  the  birds, 

The  humming  of  the  bees. 

The  foolish  fears  of  what  may  happen, 

I cast  them  all  away, 

Among  the  clover-scented  grass, 

Among  the  new-mown  hay, 

Among  the  husking  of  the  corn 
Where  drowsy  poppies  nod, 

Where  ill  thoughts  die  and  good  are  born, 

Out  in  the  fields  with  God. 

— E.  B.  Browning. 

DO  not  forget  that  even  as  “to  work  is  to  worship,”  so 
to  be  cheery  is  to  worship  also;  and  to  be  happy  is 
the  first  step  to  being  pious. 

— Robert  Louis  Stevenson . 

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SHAKE! 

IT’S  great  to  say  “Good  Morning/’ 

It’s  fine  to  say  “Hello/’ 

But  better  still  to  grasp  the  hand 
Of  a loyal  friend  you  know. 

A look  may  be  forgotten, 

A word  misunderstood, 

But  the  touch  of  the  human  hand 
Is  the  pledge  of  brotherhood. 

—E.  O.  G. 

WHAT  do  we  live  for  if  not  to  make  the  world  less 
difficult  for  each  other?  — George  Eliot . 

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TO-MORROW  you  have  no  business  with.  You  steal 
if  you  touch  to-morrow.  It  is  God’s.  Every  day  has 
in  it  enough  to  keep  any  man  occupied  without  con- 
cerning himself  with  the  things  beyond. 

— Henry  Ward  Beecher. 

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TAKE  what  is;  trust  what  may  be;  that’s  life’s  true 
lesson.  — Robert  Browning. 

# 

IF  we  were  charged  so  much  a head  for  sunsets,  or  if  God 
sent  round  a drum  before  the  hawthornes  come  into 
flower,  what  a work  we  should  make  about  their  beauty! 

— Robert  Louis  Stevenson . 


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ETEN  to  the  Exhortation  of  the  Dawn. 

Look  to  the  Day, 

For  it  is  Life,  the  very  life  of  Life. 

In  its  brief  course  lie  all  the  Verities 
And  Realities  of  your  Existence, 

The  bliss  of  Truth,  the  glory  of  Action, 

The  splendor  of  Beauty, 

For  Yesterday  is  but  a dream 
And  To-morrow  is  only  a vision, 

But  To-day, 

Well  lived,  makes  every  Yesterday 
A dream  of  happiness 
And  every  To-morrow  a vision  of  Hope. 

Look  well,  therefore,  to  the  Day. 

Such  is  the  Salutation  of  the  Dawn. 

— From  the  Sanskrit . 

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MAKE  one  person  happy  each  day  and  in  forty  years 
you  have  made  14,600  human  beings  happy  for  a 
little  time  at  least. 

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IF  I cannot  do  great  things,  I can  do  small  things  in  a 
great  way.  — James  Freeman  Clarke . 


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SIRE  joy  and  thank  God 
need  be,  for  other’s  sake. 


for  it.  Renounce  it, 
That’s  joy  beyond  joy. 
— Robert  Browning . 


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DEAR  Lord,  kind  Lord, 

Gracious  Lord!  I pray 
Thou  wilt  look  on  all  I love 
Tenderly  to-day. 

Weed  their  hearts  of  weariness; 

Scatter  every  care, 

Down  a wake  of  angel  wings 
Winnowing  the  air. 

Bring  unto  the  sorrowing 
All  release  from  pain; 

Let  the  lips  of  laughter 
Overflow  again ! 

And  with  all  the  needy, 

Oh!  divide,  I pray. 

This  vast  treasure  of  content 
That  is  mine  to-day. 

— James  Whitcomb  Riley. 

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GOODNESS  does  not  more  certainly  make  men  happy, 
than  happiness  makes  them  good. 

— Walter  Savage  Landor. 

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IN  months  of  sun  so  live  that  in  months  of  rain  thou  shalt 
still  be  happy.  — From  the  “ Mahabharata .” 

IF  I were  you  I would  not  worry.  Just  make  up  your 
mind  to  do  better  when  you  get  another  chance,  and  be 
content  with  that.  — Beatrice  Harraden . 


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HOWEVER  the  battle  is  ended, 

Though  proudly  the  victor  comes 
With  fluttering  flags  and  prancing  nags 
And  echoing  roll  of  drums, 

Still  Truth  proclaims  this  motto 
In  letters  of  living  light — 

No  question  is  ever  settled 
Until  it  is  settled  right. 

Let  those  who  have  failed  take  courage, 

Though  the  enemy  seemed  to  have  won, 
Though  his  rank  be  strong,  if  he  be  in  the  wrong. 
The  battle  is  not  yet  done. 

For  sure  as  the  morning  follows 
The  darkest  hour  of  night, 

No  question  is  ever  settled 
Until  it  is  settled  right. 

O man  bowed  down  with  labor, 

O woman  young,  yet  old; 

O heart  oppressed  in  the  toiler's  breast, 

, And  crushed  by  the  power  of  gold, 

Keep  on  with  your  weary  battle 
Against  triumphant  night; 

No  question  is  ever  settled 
Until  it  is  settled  right. 

— Ella  Wheeler  Wilcox . 

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EVERY  man  is  an  optimist  who  sees  deep  enough. 

— Edwin  Atkinson . 

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SMILE  a little, 

Help  a little. 

Push  a little. 

The  world  needs  you. 

Work  a little. 

Wait  a little, 

Hope  a little, 

And  don’t  get  blue. 

— E.  O.  G. 

THEY  might  not  need  me — yet  they  might, 

I’ll  let  my  heart  be  just  in  sight. 

A smile  so  small  as  mine  might  be 
Precisely  their  necessity. 

— Emily  Dickinson . 

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FIGHT  when  you  are  down;  die  hard — determine  at 
least  to  do — and  you  won’t  die  at  all. 

— James  H.  West . 

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NO  one  has  any  more  right  to  go  about  unhappy  than  he 
has  to  go  about  ill-bred.  He  owes  it  to  himself,  to 
his  friends,  to  society,  and  to  the  community  in  general, 
to  live  up  to  his  best  spiritual  possibilities,  not  only 
now  and  then,  once  or  twice  a year,  or  once  in  a 
season,  but  every  day  and  every  hour. 

— Lilian  Whiting . 


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THE  DEEPEST  WORTH 

THESE  are  the  things  I prize 
And  hold  of  deepest  worth: 

Light  of  the  sapphire  skies, 

Peace  of  the  silent  hills, 

Shelter  of  forest,  comfort  of  the  grass, 

Shadow  of  clouds  that  swiftly  pass, 

And  after  showers 
The  smell  of  flowers. 

And  of  the  good  brown  earth, — 

And  best  of  all,  along  the  way, 

Friendship  and  mirth. 

— Henry  van  Dyke. 

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IT  IS  GOOD  TO  BE  ALIVE 

IT  is  good  to  be  alive  when  the  trees  shine  green. 

And  the  steep  red  hills  stand  up  against  the  sky; 

Big  sky,  blue  sky,  with  flying  clouds  between — 

It  is  good  to  be  alive  and  see  the  clouds  drive  by! 

It  is  good  to  be  alive  when  the  strong  winds  blow. 

The  strong,  sweet  winds  blowing  straightly  off*  the  sea; 
Great  sea,  green  sea,  with  swinging  ebb  and  flow — 

It  is  good  to  be  alive  and  see  the  waves  run  by, 

— Charlotte  Perkins  Stetson. 

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GOD  has  given  us  tongues  that  we  may  say  something 
pleasant  to  our  fellow-men.  — Heinrich  Heine . 

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SUCCESS 

HE  HAS  achieved  success  who  has  lived  well,  laughed 
often,  and  loved  much;  who  has  gained  the  respect  of 
intelligent  men,  and  the  love  of  little  children;  who 
has  filled  his  niche  and  accomplished  his  task;  who  has 
left  the  world  better  than  he  found  it,  whether  by  an 
improved  poppy,  a perfect  poem,  or  a rescued  soul; 
who  has  never  lacked  appreciation  of  earth’s  beauty, 
or  failed  to  express  it;  who  has  always  looked  for  the 
best  in  others  and  given  the  best  he  had;  whose  life 
was  an  inspiration;  whose  memory  a benediction. 

— Bessie  A . Stanley . 

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IT  is  an  everlasting  duty — the  duty  of  being  brave. 

— Thomas  Carlyle . 

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RESOLVE 

TO  keep  my  health! 

To  do  my  work! 

To  live! 

To  see  to  it  I grow  and  gain  and  give! 

Never  to  look  behind  me  for  an  hour  ! 

To  wait  in  weakness,  and  to  walk  in  power; 

But  always  fronting  onward  toward  the  light, 
Always  and  always  facing  toward  the  right. 

Robbed,  starved,  defeated,  fallen,  wide  astray — 

On,  with  what  strength  I have! 

Back  to  the  way!  — Charlotte  Perkins  Stetson . 

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KEEP  A PULLIN’ 

FISH  don’t  bite  just  for  the  wishin’. 

Keep  a pullin’! 

Change  your  bait  and  keep  on  fishin’; 

Keep  a pullin’! 

Luck  ain’t  nailed  to  any  spot; 

Men  you  envy,  like  as  not, 

Envy  you  your  job  and  lot! 

Keep  a pullin’! 

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ALWAYS  WITH  YOU 

SAY  not  “Welcome”  when  I come. 

Nor  “Farewell”  tell  me  when  I go; 

For  I come  not  when  I come. 

And  I go  not  when  I go. 

I am  always,  ever  with  you, 

Always  will  be,  so  I pray. 

I would  never  “Welcome”  give  you 
And  “Farewell”  would  never  say. 

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EVERY  man  should  keep  a fair-sized  cemetery  in  which 
to  bury  the  faults  of  his  friends. 

— Henry  Ward  Beecher . 

NEVER  attempt  to  bear  more  than  one  kind  of  trouble 
at  once.  Some  people  bear  three  kinds — all  they  have 
had,  all  they  have  now,  and  all  they  expect  to  have. 

— Edward  Everett  Hute. 


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THE  world  is  wide 
In  time  and  tide. 

And  God  is  guide; 

Then  do  not  hurry. 

That  man  is  blest 
Who  does  his  best 
And  leaves  the  rest; 

Then  do  not  worry. 

— C.  F.  Deems . 

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A RESOLVE 

TO  stand  by  one’s  friend  to  the  uttermost  end, 

And  fight  a fair  fight  with  one’s  foe; 

Never  to  quit  and  never  to  twit. 

And  never  to  peddle  one’s  woe. 

— George  Brinton  Chandler 

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OPPORTUNITIES  correspond  with  almost  mathe- 
matical accuracy,  to  the  ability  to  use  them. 

— Lilian  Whiting. 

THERE  is  no  defeat  except  from  within.  There  is  really 
no  insurmountable  barrier  save  your  own  inherent 
weakness  of  purpose.  — Ralph  Waldo  Emerson. 

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]\  TO  man  imparteth  his  joy  to  his  friend,  but  he  joyeth 
the  more;  and  no  man  imparteth  his  grief  to  his 
iriend,  but  he  grieveth  the  less.  — Lord  Bacon . 

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HAPPINESS,  at  least,  is  not  solitary;  it  joys  to  commu- 
nicate; it  loves  others,  for  it  depends  on  them  for  its 
existence;  it  sanctions  and  encourages  to  all  delights 
that  are  not  unkind  in  themselves.  The  very  name 
and  appearance  of  a happy  man  breathe  of  good- 
nature, and  help  the  rest  of  us  to  live. 

— Robert  Louis  Stevenson . 

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JES  go  'long  good  natured, 

Dat’s  de  safes'  way; 

Sun  goes  on  a-beamin' 

An’  a-smilin'  all  de  day. 

Keeps  de  crops  a-growin' 

An’  de  blossoms,  an'  de  fruits, 

Until  de  storm  come  'round  an’  try 
To  lif'  ’em  by  the  roots. 

Sun  goes  on  a-shinin' 

Up  above  de  cloud; 

Wind  it  keeps  a-blowin' 

' And  de  thunder  rattles  loud; 

Sky  gits  blue  an'  peaceful, 

Like  no  storm  ain'  never  bin — 

Sun  he  stays  good-natured 
An’  he  alius  boun'  to  win. 

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N AIM  in  life  is  the  only  fortune  worth  the  finding; 
and  it  is  not  to  be  found  in  foreign  lands,  but  in  the 
heart  itself.  — Robert  Louis  Stevenson . 


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A HAPPY  THOUGHT 

THE  world  is  so  full  of  a number  of  things, 

I’m  sure  we  should  all  be  as  happy  as  kings. 

— Robert  Louis  Stevenson . 


NOT  what  you  do,  but  how  you  do  it,  is  the  test  of  your 
capacity. 

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THIS  world’s  no  blot  for  us,  nor  blank;  it  means  intensely, 
and  means  good.  — Robert  Browning. 

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WOULD  you  throw  away  a diamond  because  it  pricked 
you?  One  good  friend  is  not  to  be  weighed  against 
the  jewels  of  all  the  earth.  If  there  is  coolness  or 
unkindness  between  us,  let  us  come  face  to  face  and 
have  it  out.  Quick,  before  love  grows  cold! 

— Robert  Smith . 

THE  years  monotonous?  The  same  old  seasons,  and 
weathers,  and  aspects  of  nature?  Never  anything  new 
to  admire  or  wonder  at?  The  monotony  is  in  our  eye- 
sight, which  goes  on  seeing  nothing  but  the  common 
and  invariable  things;  simply  because,  from  long 
familiarity,  these  are  the  easy  things  to  see.  But  these 
are  only  the  frame  of  the  picture;  the  picture  is  never 
twice  alike.  — Edward  Rowland  Sill. 


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ONE  makes  one’s  own  happiness  only  by  taking  care  of 
the  happiness  of  others.  — Saint-Pierre. 


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SMILE 


S 


MILE! 

The  world  is  blue  enough 
Without  your  feeling  blue. 


Smile! 

There's  not  half  joy  enough 
Unless  you're  happy  too. 

Smile! 

The  sun  is  always  shining, 
And  there's  work  to  do. 


Smile! 

This  world  may  not  be  Heaven, 
But  then  it's  Home  to  you. 


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— E.  0.  G. 


IN  his  own  life,  then,  a man  is  not  to  expect  happiness, 
only  to  profit  by  it  gladly  when  it  shall  arise.  Somehow 
or  other,  though  he  does  not  know  what  goodness  is,  he 
must  try  to  be  good;  somehow  or  other,  though  he  cannot 
tell  what  will  do  it,  he  must  try  to  give  happiness  to 
others.  — Robert  Louis  Stevenson . 


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A LAUGH  is  worth  a hundred  groans  in  any  market. 

— Charles  Lamb . 


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YES,  they  whose  feet  upon  good  errands  run 
Are  friends  of  God,  with  Michael  of  the  sun; 

Yes,  each  accomplished  service  of  the  day 
Paves  for  the  feet  of  God  a lordlier  way. 

The  souls  that  love  and  labor  through  all  wrong, 
They  clasp  His  hand  and  make  the  circle  strong: 
They  lay  the  deep  foundations,  stone  by  stone, 
And  build  into  Eternity  God’s  throne. 

— Edwin  Markham . 

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TIME  is  infinitely  long,  and  each  day  is  a vessel  into 
which  a great  deal  may  be  poured — if  one  will  actually 
fill  it  up.  — Goethe . 

POWER  dwells  with  cheerfulness. 

— Ralph  Waldo  Emerson . 

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IF  I have  done  aught  for  you,  oh  friend,  I do  not  ask  that 
you  return  the  favor,  but  do  for  God’s  sake  pass  it  on. 

— James  Howard  Kehler . 

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IN  THE  morning  when  thou  risest  unwillingly,  let  this 
thought  be  present, — “I  am  rising  to  the  work  of  a 
human  being.”  — Marcus  Aurelius . 

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N ASPIRATION  is  joy  forever,  a possession  as  solid 
as  a landed  estate.  — Robert  Louis  Stevenson . 


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PEOPLE  who  lead  busy  lives  never  find  time  to  have 
hysterics.  — J.  M.  Studley . 

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THE  best  rose-bush,  after  all,  is  not  that  which  has  the 
fewest  thorns,  but  that  which  bears  the  finest  roses. 

— Henry  van  Dyke. 

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NOT  how  much  talent  have  I,  but  how  much  will  to 
use  the  talent  that  I have,  is  the  main  question. 

— W.  C . Gannett. 

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A HAPPY  man  or  woman  is  a better  thing  to  find  than 
a five-pound  note — they  practically  demonstrate  the 
Theorem  of  the  Livableness  of  Life. 

— R.  L.  Stevenson. 

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BE  PLEASANT  until  ten  o’clock  in  the  morning,  and 
the  rest  of  the  day  will  take  care  of  itself. 

# 

I FIND  the  gayest  castles  in  the  air  that  were  ever  piled 
far  better  for  comfort  and  for  use  than  the  dungeons  in 
the  air  that  are  daily  dug  and  caverned  out  by  grumbling, 
discontented  people.  A man  should  make  life  and  nature 
happier  to  us,  or  he  had  better  never  been  born. 

— Ralph  Waldo  Emerson . 


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THE  year’s  at  the  spring, 

And  the  day’s  at  the  morn; 

Morning’s  at  seven; 

The  hillside’s  dew-pearled; 

The  lark’s  on  the  wing; 

The  snail’s  on  the  thorn; 

God’s  in  His  heaven — 

All’s  right  with  the  world! 

m — Robert  Browning . 

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WE  HAVE  only  to  trust  and  do  our  best,  and  wear  a 
smiling  face,  as  may  be,  for  ourselves  and  others. 

— Robert  Louis  Stevenson. 

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THE  perfect  model  makes  the  perfect  copy.  The  suc- 
cessful finish  of  everything  on  earth  depends  on  the 
right  thought  which  brought  it  into  being. 

— Agnes  Greene  Foster. 

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THERE  are  persons  so  radiant,  so  genial,  so  kind,  so 
pleasure-bearing,  that  you  instinctively  feel  in  their 
presence  that  they  do  you  good,  whose  coming  into  a 
room  is  like  the  bringing  of  a lamp  there. 

— Henry  Ward  Beecher. 

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IF  there  is  any  person  to  whom  you  feel  a dislike,  that  is 
the  person  of  whom  you  ought  never  to  speak. 

— Richard  Cecil. 


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INVICTUS 


UT  of  the  night  that  covers  me, 

Black  as  the  Pit  from  pole  to  pole, 
I thank  whatever  gods  may  be 
For  my  unconquerable  soul. 


In  the  fell  clutch  of  circumstance 

I have  not  winced  nor  cried  aloud. 
Under  the  bludgeoning  of  chance 

My  head  is  bloody,  but  unbowed. 


Beyond  this  place  of  wrath  and  tears 
Looms  but  the  horror  of  the  shade. 
And  yet  the  menace  of  the  years 

Finds  and  shall  find  me,  unafraid. 


It  matters  not  how  strait  the  gate, 

How  charged  with  punishment  the  scroll, 

I am  the  master  of  my  fate; 

I am  the  captain  of  my  soul. 

— William  Ernest  Henley . 


9 

TO  SIT  still  and  contemplate — to  remember  the  faces 
of  women  without  desire,  to  be  pleased  with  the  great 
deeds  of  men  without  envy,  to  be  everything  and 
everywhere  in  sympathy,  and  yet  content  to  remain 
where  and  what  you  are — is  not  this  to  know  both 
wisdom  and  virtue,  and  to  dwell  with  happiness? 

— Robert  Louis  Stevenson . 

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L’ENVOI 

HEN  Earth’s  last  picture  is  painted 
And  the  tubes  are  twisted  and  dried, 

When  the  oldest  colors  have  faded, 

And  the  youngest  critic  has  died, 

We  shall  rest — and,  faith,  we  shall  need  it — 

Lie  down  for  an  aeon  or  two. 

Till  the  Master  of  All  Good  Workmen 
Shall  set  us  to  work  anew! 

And  those  that  were  good  shall  be  happy; 
They  shall  sit  in  a golden  chair: 

They  shall  splash  at  a ten-league  canvas 
With  brushes  of  comet’s  hair; 

They  shall  find  real  saints  to  draw  from — 
Magdalene,  Peter  and  Paul; 

They  shall  work  for  an  age  at  a sitting 
And  never  get  tired  at  all ! 

And  only  the  Master  shall  praise  us, 

And  only  the  Master  shall  blame; 

And  no  one  shall  work  for  money. 

And  no  one  shall  work  for  fame; 

But  each  for  the  joy  of  the  working, 

And  each  in  his  separate  star, 

Shall  draw  the  Thing  as  he  sees  It 
For  the  God  of  Things  as  They  Are. 

— Rudyard  Kipling* 


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